UPDATE: Judge dismisses drug database protest
UPDATE: Department of Health spokeswoman Michelle Dahnke didn’t reveal much about how the agency will proceed with the database after the judge’s ruling. “The Department will determine our next steps...
View ArticleUPDATE: House committee set to abolish pain clinic oversight, do away with...
CORRECTION: The House Majority Office data about the number of dispensing practitioners in Florida is incorrect. The actual number is 156, not 56, according to House Speaker Dean Cannon’s spokeswoman...
View ArticleHouse committee passes measure abolishing Rx drug database
The House Health and Human Services Committee passed a measure that would scrap the state’s yet-to-be-implemented prescription drug database. The committee approved the bill (PCB HHSC 11-04) with a...
View ArticleHouse pill mill bill gives big pharmacies a boost
The House gave retail pharmacies a boost this morning in its approach to reining in pill mills by going after rogue distributors. Rep. Robert Schenck, sponsor of the bill (HB 7095), offered an...
View ArticlePill mill bill on life support?
GOP legislative leaders are in a standoff on a pill mill crackdown with less than 36 hours left until the session is expected to end. Sen. Mike Fasano, the Senate’s pill mill bill sponsor, said he...
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